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right around this time there was the civil rights issue at the university of mississippi, and we've got a couple of tapes, one from september 30 of 162 and one from september 22. the first one obviously 292nd with ross barnett. who is he? >> he's governor the mississippi. he's in a tight spot because he's fanned the flames of segregation, thinking he's an ardent segregationist. his political base was based on that. but the crisis had forced everyone's hand, including president kennedy's. james meredith, a young african-american has decided -- and a veteran -- has decided to enroll at ole miss, the university of mississippi, and fascinatingly he was inspired to do this by listening to the inaugural address of john f. kennedy, which was an irony in this situation, because the civil rights movement was not at the top of the list of the agenda of the new frontier, as john f. kennedy came into office. he and his team were really focused on foreign policy. they cared a lot about freedom abroad. but they didn't focus as intently on the differing definitions of freedom for different kinds of am
right around this time there was the civil rights issue at the university of mississippi, and we've got a couple of tapes, one from september 30 of 162 and one from september 22. the first one obviously 292nd with ross barnett. who is he? >> he's governor the mississippi. he's in a tight spot because he's fanned the flames of segregation, thinking he's an ardent segregationist. his political base was based on that. but the crisis had forced everyone's hand, including president kennedy's....
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rights. he was later appointed special counsel by janet reno. he later represented the united states as u.s. ambassador to the united nations and served as a special envoy to sudan. he has been a great friend to missouri, st. louis, and washington university. please join me in welcoming him now. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i owe our speaker an apology. when you hear the apology, you are going to conclude that i am a really terrible human being. i am the kind of person who takes advantage of a friend, especially a friend who is vulnerable. when he is vulnerable, i pounce. tonight's origin was a rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding of victoria will, george's only daughter. george was standing on the edge of the hotel ballroom taking and one of life's great moments. the marriage of the daughter is so deeply emotional. george the loving father was clearly caught up in a moment. that was the moment i seized the opportunity to strike. i sidled up to him and whispered ever
rights. he was later appointed special counsel by janet reno. he later represented the united states as u.s. ambassador to the united nations and served as a special envoy to sudan. he has been a great friend to missouri, st. louis, and washington university. please join me in welcoming him now. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i owe our speaker an apology. when you hear the apology, you are going to conclude that i am a really terrible human being. i am the kind of person...
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of the civil rights division. the work of our voting section, which is right now, and has been for the last 3.5 years, fighting to ensure the rights of millions. millions of americans. right now, we are engaged in more cases than we have ever done as a voting rights section of. and that is breaking the record set last year in 2011. as i speak, we are litigating cases regarding a voter identification in texas and south carolina. as i speak, we are beginning a case involving the purge of voters in florida. we are reviewing thousands of section 5 applications. and we are currently working on a foreign lawsuits were the right of our service members are not being protected. these are for the loss to its -- zahren lawsuits against states. what continues to exist and work so hard, i ask you to consider the work of our housing section. and it is affecting people to the sum of millions of dollars. reeser the country ride for $335 million on allegations that they were discriminating against blacks and latino mortgage loan a
of the civil rights division. the work of our voting section, which is right now, and has been for the last 3.5 years, fighting to ensure the rights of millions. millions of americans. right now, we are engaged in more cases than we have ever done as a voting rights section of. and that is breaking the record set last year in 2011. as i speak, we are litigating cases regarding a voter identification in texas and south carolina. as i speak, we are beginning a case involving the purge of voters...
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is responsible for the civil-rights movement. that is one person and that it ignores the masses of people. the fact that there is no one person in egypt, no one person and that the tunisia, of course we know of certain key figures in both those cases but this idea that there is a mass of people coming together. that is so important to be aware of that and open to that. and to hold on to these moments that open us up to looking at history in a different way. another person i talked to was an activist and blogger. he made the point that there are 12 million protesters that brought on line, that did not have internet access -- that were not online, that did not have internet access. he said people would post news about a protest on facebook and then the newspaper's and al jazeera tv would say these people posted on facebook. so all of these people that were not online but seeing the television or the newspaper were getting this report. and facebook gets the credit. but ignoring his more traditional, older media that actually got tha
is responsible for the civil-rights movement. that is one person and that it ignores the masses of people. the fact that there is no one person in egypt, no one person and that the tunisia, of course we know of certain key figures in both those cases but this idea that there is a mass of people coming together. that is so important to be aware of that and open to that. and to hold on to these moments that open us up to looking at history in a different way. another person i talked to was an...
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they had voted for every other civil rights bill. not so the democrats and they were not conservative democrats. they were liberal democrats. j. william fullbright, bill clinton's mentor, big supporter of the u.n., albert gore sr. gore's father. and all of these characters by the way were ferocious opponents of joe mccarthy. and the longest -- and robert byrd had 100% rating from naral pro-choice america. so do not believe the lie that these were conservative democrats who were waiting for a wink from nixon to become republicans. it was only one in 18 liberal democratic segregationists who became republican. that was strom thurmond and he's the only one whose name you know. just one more point on the southern strategy. this is -- this lie is pulled off by describing the entire south as if it were one state. no, the outer southern states and the dixiecrat states in the middle. republicans -- and the southern strategy is this idea that republicans had a secretly appealed to the democratic segregationists and the dixiecrats and suddenly
they had voted for every other civil rights bill. not so the democrats and they were not conservative democrats. they were liberal democrats. j. william fullbright, bill clinton's mentor, big supporter of the u.n., albert gore sr. gore's father. and all of these characters by the way were ferocious opponents of joe mccarthy. and the longest -- and robert byrd had 100% rating from naral pro-choice america. so do not believe the lie that these were conservative democrats who were waiting for a...
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the civil rights movement, dr. king's last paper, his economic movement was to spend money -- we have to have -- >> give them both a big hand for a spirited discussion. [applause] >> this is not a heated discussion -- let me finish. it's not a heated discussion, it's a discussion taking place in our community about where we are and what we need to be doing. i am encouraged by a but it needs to go beyond the rhetoric to what is the strategic move but we begin today to honor what i think both of you are saying and some of you have already talked about that. >> can i correct because i got misquoted? >> i've been standing here for . minutes listening to y'all i've got questions. from facebook -- how can we get people engaged in social media and new technology? we are talking educating, employing an empowering it so much of what we're talking a lot has to use technology to do so, especially if we are falling about where young people are. if we are not utilizing corporate relationships like at&t and others to be able to
the civil rights movement, dr. king's last paper, his economic movement was to spend money -- we have to have -- >> give them both a big hand for a spirited discussion. [applause] >> this is not a heated discussion -- let me finish. it's not a heated discussion, it's a discussion taking place in our community about where we are and what we need to be doing. i am encouraged by a but it needs to go beyond the rhetoric to what is the strategic move but we begin today to honor what i...
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we hear the tense confrontations of the civil rights movements and the life or death decisions being made during the cuban missile crisis. >> caroline kennedy joined in on a discussion on the 1962 recordings of the late president in the oval office. tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> there were a number of attributes and memorial services last week for senator daniel inouye of hawaii. his remains have laid in state in d.c., and in the state capital of allied. next, from the rotunda, john boehner, vice-president biden, and others. >> let us pray. gracious god, sovereign lord of history, thank you for the exemplary impact of senator daniel ken inouye on our national history. lord, we are grateful for the excellence that distinguished his significant career, for the quiet grace and dignity with which he represented the aloha state, and for the gift of discernment that enabled him to serve you faithfully for the good of america. as we express gratitude for the laudable footprints he left in the sands of time, give us your power to persevere in promptly doing what is righ
we hear the tense confrontations of the civil rights movements and the life or death decisions being made during the cuban missile crisis. >> caroline kennedy joined in on a discussion on the 1962 recordings of the late president in the oval office. tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> there were a number of attributes and memorial services last week for senator daniel inouye of hawaii. his remains have laid in state in d.c., and in the state capital of allied. next,...
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thousands of attorneys representing two major presidential candidates civil rights groups are in place policied to challenge electoral results that may be called in question by machine failures, voter suppression or other allegation of illegal activity. that is a story also in "u.s.a. today" taking a look at what happened in 2000 in florida and saying that possibly another state could be like florida in battleaybe ohio or other ground states where you could have a recount and not know who the winner of the election is. also front page of the "wall street journal" medicare complicates the senior vote. senior citizens are a coveted bloc in florida where three make bum a quarter of the electr elee and they are important to romney given the deficit among young voters and minorities. he needs not only to win among seniors but win big. in 2008 john phmccain captured e group by 8% margin but lost to president barack obama. mr. romney is leading among the elderly by 6% to 12% a sign he may be weathering a charge by democrats that he and ryan with undermine medicare. that is the "wall street jo
thousands of attorneys representing two major presidential candidates civil rights groups are in place policied to challenge electoral results that may be called in question by machine failures, voter suppression or other allegation of illegal activity. that is a story also in "u.s.a. today" taking a look at what happened in 2000 in florida and saying that possibly another state could be like florida in battleaybe ohio or other ground states where you could have a recount and not know...
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. >> the educational achievements of african-american people in this country is the civil rights issue of our time. we have an american education crisis. we keep doing the same things expecting things to get better. we have to be bold. you go back to the foundation elements. for a single mother living in a shelter with a couple of kids, those kids are at an enormous disadvantage. there is no question about that. when you have a mom and dad that is able to be home for dinner -- i remember the study about what a great advantage it was to have dinner together. if one is tired, the other can spend some time helping the child with homework. if the child is not reading at the level they should be, they can talk to the school and say, my child is not reading well. what can i do? having two perrins makes a tremendous difference. -- having two parents makes a tremendous difference. for those who are already in a setting where they do not have two parents -- right now with so many people out of work, particularly in the minority communities, this is devastating for the people who are out of work
. >> the educational achievements of african-american people in this country is the civil rights issue of our time. we have an american education crisis. we keep doing the same things expecting things to get better. we have to be bold. you go back to the foundation elements. for a single mother living in a shelter with a couple of kids, those kids are at an enormous disadvantage. there is no question about that. when you have a mom and dad that is able to be home for dinner -- i remember...
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and civil- rights concerns. he is credited with more than 50 scholarly articles, including a book that is widely read called "border vision." please help me in welcoming carlos velez-ibanez. [applause] >> to my right, jose antonio vargas, the founder of define american. he is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, the founder of define american, a campaign that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration. he won the pulitzer as part of a team covering the 2007 massacre at virginia tech 4 "the washington post." born in the philippines, he emigrated to the u.s. at age of 12 and recently wrote a piece that appeared in "the new york times" called "my life as an undocumented immigrant" in which she reveals his status and struggles as he works in journalism in the united states. [applause] the first two panels were so strongly political and their contents, and the difference here is this is going to be about the intersection of politics and identity, and how identity is so changing in america as we have an incr
and civil- rights concerns. he is credited with more than 50 scholarly articles, including a book that is widely read called "border vision." please help me in welcoming carlos velez-ibanez. [applause] >> to my right, jose antonio vargas, the founder of define american. he is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, the founder of define american, a campaign that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration. he won the pulitzer as part of a team covering the 2007 massacre at...
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rights platform. he then wanted rejecting extremism. he then said that if the nomination is given to barry goldwater, the republican party would be committing "political suicide." then he walked out in 1964 because they would not go in a more moderate direction. 48 years later, mitt romney is walking in and calling himself "severely conservative" and he is reaching out to the barry goldwater wing of the party. a very conservative party. in doing that, and he further reaches out and picks paul ryan, a conservative member of the house from wisconsin. he is finishing a long journey from watching his father and when he was running for the senate in 1994 himself and for the governorship as a moderate and today at this convention, self-described as conservative who now and the law -- nonetheless has to reach out to moderates. it is an interesting path he has had to walk to reach this moment. >> we have a clip from 1994 of george romney as he gave an interview to a local pbs station talking about the deficit
rights platform. he then wanted rejecting extremism. he then said that if the nomination is given to barry goldwater, the republican party would be committing "political suicide." then he walked out in 1964 because they would not go in a more moderate direction. 48 years later, mitt romney is walking in and calling himself "severely conservative" and he is reaching out to the barry goldwater wing of the party. a very conservative party. in doing that, and he further reaches...
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of course, you had a civil war. 80 years later, the civil rights movement, which came about from the left side of politics was coming out of the black church once again demanding that the united states live up to its functioning moral principle. so it allowed a black preacher to stand in front of the lincoln monument and demand that united states live up to it. this is important here because these churches were not wealthy. these churches were poor. the movement itself, while it had some wealthy white liberals helping it here and there, it was still ultimately pour. but its moral authority forced america to say this is not a movie -- who we have said we are supposed to be and it forced a change. i would then say to you that that very example then influenced a subsequent social movement, including the women's movement, including the gay rights movement. in fact, it also ripples on to the right as well. in fact, in the same way that african-americans who, coming out of the civil rights movement ended up taking over the democratic party, which ironically had previously been oppressing i
of course, you had a civil war. 80 years later, the civil rights movement, which came about from the left side of politics was coming out of the black church once again demanding that the united states live up to its functioning moral principle. so it allowed a black preacher to stand in front of the lincoln monument and demand that united states live up to it. this is important here because these churches were not wealthy. these churches were poor. the movement itself, while it had some...
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he voted against the civil rights bill. back it up a little bit. 1960, the senate was considering of legislation to abolish coal tax. byrd voted against it. byrd tried to explain he was not opposed to the intent of the legislation, but it goes against the state rights. therefore, congress cannot step in and say -- byrd said to do it right. he said he could not vote on it if it was going to be done this way. two years later, congress comes back with a constitutional amendment and byrd voted for it. he voted for it once they did it right with a constitutional amendment. he filibustered, it is true. there was a 14 hour filibuster. read through the thing. everyone points out him being racist. read throughout the filibuster. there is not one racial thing. the whole thing is basically constitutional law. he makes clear to make it right before he can support it. he agrees that there should be no discrimination in the standards. the objective sought -- the objective here is a worthy one. he concurs with the objective. here he is ta
he voted against the civil rights bill. back it up a little bit. 1960, the senate was considering of legislation to abolish coal tax. byrd voted against it. byrd tried to explain he was not opposed to the intent of the legislation, but it goes against the state rights. therefore, congress cannot step in and say -- byrd said to do it right. he said he could not vote on it if it was going to be done this way. two years later, congress comes back with a constitutional amendment and byrd voted for...
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it is like the campaigns in the early 1900's when women's right to vote was a central civil rights issue of the country. it is like the campaigns in the 1840's and 1850's and the election of abraham lincoln when the issue of slavery or freedom was a central issue of the country. those local elections before the revolution were similar in the way that they cast the issue as being one in which there is a status of british citizenship and american citizenship. the gap had to be closed. the reason i would bring this up as a candidate -- my platform would be to close at the civil gap. all of us of being in this room being somewhat government professionals know that budgets are not really about money, but civil commitments. budgets are architectures of all of the civil commitment to have made to each other as citizens over many generations. the way in which these commitments a range from national security to air traffic control and to food safety, all of these commitments accumulated year after year very slowly and were reaffirmed and reshaped in the appropriations and budget legislation. fami
it is like the campaigns in the early 1900's when women's right to vote was a central civil rights issue of the country. it is like the campaigns in the 1840's and 1850's and the election of abraham lincoln when the issue of slavery or freedom was a central issue of the country. those local elections before the revolution were similar in the way that they cast the issue as being one in which there is a status of british citizenship and american citizenship. the gap had to be closed. the reason...
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and human rights organizations, including the national lawyer's committee for civil rights under the law and the free south africa movement. and i was very privileged to be with john last year and his wife, my friend, gay, in which is therland as we worked through and i chaired a committee for the u.n. on minority political participation. john will be deeply missed by so many. my thoughts and my prayers are with his wife and all of his family and his friends. and as we remember john and the progress that we've made with his leadership, we know that the work for justice is far from over. the recent events in florida are really a grim reminder of the long road ahead. on february 26, 2012, trayvon martin, a 17-year-old african-american youth, was tragically gunned down while walking home from a local 7/11 store. the gunman, 38-year-old george zimmerman, was not immediately charged for the murder and was released by the police department. stanford police chief bill lee said there was not enough evidence to arrest george zimmerman even though the killer followed the young male in his s.u.
and human rights organizations, including the national lawyer's committee for civil rights under the law and the free south africa movement. and i was very privileged to be with john last year and his wife, my friend, gay, in which is therland as we worked through and i chaired a committee for the u.n. on minority political participation. john will be deeply missed by so many. my thoughts and my prayers are with his wife and all of his family and his friends. and as we remember john and the...
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i said i think this is the civil rights issue of our generation. the dividing line is not race or class, but around educational opportunity. if we're serious about closing the achievement gap, we have to close the opportunity gap. i do not think we have had anything near the sense of urgency and commitment to closing those gaps that we need to. to look at the staggering inequities and inequalities, we have to get better faster. all those things compel us to act. the president has provided leadership. he understands what is at stake. congress has been supportive. we have to work on this together and put politics and the ideology aside. we have to educate our way to a better economy. i talk about a cradle to career agenda. we have to start with early childhood education. i could make a compelling case that is the best investment we can make. if we can get our babies into kindergarten and ready to read, we start to close the gaps. if we do not do that, we're playing catch-up. we play catch up at every level of the education system. many of our college
i said i think this is the civil rights issue of our generation. the dividing line is not race or class, but around educational opportunity. if we're serious about closing the achievement gap, we have to close the opportunity gap. i do not think we have had anything near the sense of urgency and commitment to closing those gaps that we need to. to look at the staggering inequities and inequalities, we have to get better faster. all those things compel us to act. the president has provided...
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more you get collective bargaining rights, voting rights, women's rights, civil rights for americans in this country, there is a coordinated attack by those in the republican party to support the 1% who have wealth and power in this country and ignore the other 99%. as far as the varieties, this is an attack on the -- the voter i.d., this is an attack on the people that died to get the right to vote. when they talk about problems with the voting system, when they talk about problems -- and that is so disingenuous. if you look at it, you will see that fraud within the voting system is less than 1%. but they want to take away and it wants to -- want to institute these voter i.d. laws. that is going back to the jim crow laws of yesterday. we want to go forward, not backward. [applause] >> we do not have much time left. moving along. >> i wanted to ask a question in relationship to the voters id. if we're wanting to make sure that this law will be nullified by us getting identification, i wonder if we can create some plan so that first of all, the general public understands there are som
more you get collective bargaining rights, voting rights, women's rights, civil rights for americans in this country, there is a coordinated attack by those in the republican party to support the 1% who have wealth and power in this country and ignore the other 99%. as far as the varieties, this is an attack on the -- the voter i.d., this is an attack on the people that died to get the right to vote. when they talk about problems with the voting system, when they talk about problems -- and that...
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they can have a civil rights movement by facebook or twitter. they can literally start a movement overnight. education is a big piece of that. they want to have the opportunity. when i went to the not a job application, have you in the last five years ever been arrested. we have to understand what is happening in this country when you talk about jobs. they go hand in hand. criminality goes in there too. we are getting locked up at high rates. even the college students are getting locked up at high rates. even when you get this not balanced federal charge, it is like a scarlet letter a. kids are saying what can we do if we go to school, get a degree? now the moment is not just about education. that is why the urban league is so important. you also have to be able to be an entrepreneur and understand the system they operate in. >> the young people put president obama into office. it was not just be spirit of young people, it was the young people. he would not be in office without black women and young people. that is by the numbers. there is somet
they can have a civil rights movement by facebook or twitter. they can literally start a movement overnight. education is a big piece of that. they want to have the opportunity. when i went to the not a job application, have you in the last five years ever been arrested. we have to understand what is happening in this country when you talk about jobs. they go hand in hand. criminality goes in there too. we are getting locked up at high rates. even the college students are getting locked up at...
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senator sumner wrote and sheparded the first ever civil rights bill through congress. it was a republican president and the great general grant, who signed it into law the same day that it passed. and that comprehensive bill, the civil rights act of 1875, would become the blueprint for every subsequent piece of civil rights legislation to come before congress despite the fact that it was struck down by a backward-looking court. . it was republicans who called for racial justice in the armed forces, not only allowing black soldiers to serb their country but allowing them to serve alongside their white brothers. it was judge tuttle who ruled in favor of civil rights and forced the university of mississippi to admit its first ever black college student tasms republican supreme court justice who offered the decision in brown vs. the board of education that recognized racial segregation for what it was, a violation of the united states constitution. and when a school district in arkansas refused to integrate it was a republican president in dwight david eisenhower, who sent
senator sumner wrote and sheparded the first ever civil rights bill through congress. it was a republican president and the great general grant, who signed it into law the same day that it passed. and that comprehensive bill, the civil rights act of 1875, would become the blueprint for every subsequent piece of civil rights legislation to come before congress despite the fact that it was struck down by a backward-looking court. . it was republicans who called for racial justice in the armed...
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he was rising in all of that, and the civil rights movement and she exposed us to lot. but i was just a junkie. the time i was 9 years old, i was handing leaflets out for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i made a big decision and broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay who was running f mayor of new york. i went down to the liberal party headquarters and was handing out leaflets on the street corner in new york'. some women thought this was really cute, this little boy and leaflets. and she asked me why. and i made the case and got i early start in my political career. she said this is for you and she hands this box of pastries. i took a back to the liberal headquarters and we opened it up and the were all of these doughnuts and a lot of $10 bills. one of my early lessons in politics -- the district leader grabbed the money and said you can keep the doughnuts. [laughter] >> you and the friend sold bumper stickers for robert kennedy. >> yes. >> and buttons and other things. >> for those of us who lived through it and remember, that was a time of g
he was rising in all of that, and the civil rights movement and she exposed us to lot. but i was just a junkie. the time i was 9 years old, i was handing leaflets out for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i made a big decision and broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay who was running f mayor of new york. i went down to the liberal party headquarters and was handing out leaflets on the street corner in new york'. some women thought this was really cute, this little boy...
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harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear them. caller: you hear all this political from parties that are running for office. i think we should have a rule that when they are running for office that they will hold themselves true to what they believe that they are running for and if it is found out that they are lying, that they can be recalled and put out of office. this would blank any of the fall's campaign that could be kept to their ability. host: thanks for the call. what about that idea? guest: in california, it forced governor schwarzenegger into office because the republicans w
harry truman once -- wanted a civil-rights plank. he desegregated the military and he wanted a civil-rights platform in 1948, a democratic platform. so strom thurmond carried five states and 40 of the electoral votes but he soon faded. that is ancient history, the dixiecrats. host: tampa, florida. are you with us? we'll try one more time. silver lake, indiana, republican line. caller: good morning, cspan. i would like a few questions answered from the gentleman on c-span out. host: let's hear...
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we are the tense confrontations of the civil rights movement, and the life or death decisions being made during the cuban missile crisis. >> that is caroline kennedy on a discussion of the 1952 recordings of the late president in the oval office. that is tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. on c-span2. >> next, prime minister david cameron talks about the 3800 british troops that will be withdrawn from afghanistan by the end of 2013. he added that a small number of troops would remain to return equipment and work at an officer training academy. members also asked about the uk's immigration policy. also proposed health services spending cuts. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >>
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and you put those rules civil- rights -- those civil rights against the people your sworn to protect against acts of despicable terrorism. you do not have a choice to do it the way everybody would like, which is to bring someone into court, have all the witnesses, miranda rights, brady writes, all of those kinds of things -- you do not have that choice. so you allow that to happen until you do the thing that you cannot do, which is to bring about this judicial process or use a drone or some other method of killing that individual. i think it is extremely difficult. you could kill the wrong people. you could kill children there in the vicinity of that suspected terrorists. it does happen. it does happen in war. and it happens when you send soldiers into the field and they are defending themselves. they do not have the luxury of stopping someone and then giving their rights and giving them a lawyer and then trying them. they have to shoot and kill or they will die. so these things are -- i am with the aclu on these things. i am glad you're there. i am glad you are fighting for those th
and you put those rules civil- rights -- those civil rights against the people your sworn to protect against acts of despicable terrorism. you do not have a choice to do it the way everybody would like, which is to bring someone into court, have all the witnesses, miranda rights, brady writes, all of those kinds of things -- you do not have that choice. so you allow that to happen until you do the thing that you cannot do, which is to bring about this judicial process or use a drone or some...
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civil rights will be protected. tolerated. senate bill 1070 is equally committed to upholding the rule of law while ensuring that the constitutional rights of all in arizona are protected, including prohibiting law enforcement officers from solely considering race, color, or national origin in implementing the provision. in fact, under my direction, senate bill 1070 was amended to strengthen and to emphasize the importance that civil rights are protected. host: governor jan brewer from arizona reacting to the supreme court decision. it is the state and president"i am pleased the supreme court struck down key provisions of arizona's immigration law" -- jess bravin, both sides are claiming some degree of victory. guest: that is true, because this provision establishing the statewide policy of requiring immigration checks when officers reasonably suspect someone is in the country unlawfully. however, the court did not give it an unqualified embrace. during oral arguments in april and also this opinion, justices said they were con
civil rights will be protected. tolerated. senate bill 1070 is equally committed to upholding the rule of law while ensuring that the constitutional rights of all in arizona are protected, including prohibiting law enforcement officers from solely considering race, color, or national origin in implementing the provision. in fact, under my direction, senate bill 1070 was amended to strengthen and to emphasize the importance that civil rights are protected. host: governor jan brewer from arizona...
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every time we have an expanded civil rights in america, someone tries to stop us. from a marriage equality to voting rights, someone will fight against expanding the rights and choice by some americans to all americans. there is always someone who says these rights, these liberties, and this equality is just for me, not for you. this election, please join me in standing by barack obama and help our present show that in america, freedom and equality are for all of us all the time. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome congresswoman diana degette of colorado. [applause] >> friends and fellow delegates, my husband and i have raised to accomplished daughters to be taught what my parents and grandparents taught me and my three sisters. my sisters and i were encouraged to choose a direction of our lives. and we became a congresswoman, i stay at home mother. a filmmaker and a journalist. in know and i taught our children that they could rise to even greater heights. they could become surgeons, ceos, supreme court justices, secretary of st
every time we have an expanded civil rights in america, someone tries to stop us. from a marriage equality to voting rights, someone will fight against expanding the rights and choice by some americans to all americans. there is always someone who says these rights, these liberties, and this equality is just for me, not for you. this election, please join me in standing by barack obama and help our present show that in america, freedom and equality are for all of us all the time. thank you very...
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civil-rights remedies from the '60s and the question is, is it still needed today? part of the voting rights act in 1965 outlawed racial discrimination in voting but it also put most of the south under a sort of federal scrutiny, which basically said if you are a small county in alabama or a city and you want to exchange your election laws or voting laws, you have to basically get it cleared ahead of time in washington and send some sort of form to the justice department to explain what you are going to do or you could go to a federal court. the theory was for 100 years, even though racial discrimination had been outlawed by the 15th amendment, a lot of cities and towns that control the voter rolls had various schemes that prevented blacks from registering to vote, so the federal government -- this is an unusual law to say we are going to put a whole part of the country under special scrutiny of the federal courts. that law still exists. the voting rights act. it still is the case, if texas wants to change its congressional districts or have a new voter id law, it n
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without taking sides, under the reasonable standard, which is used fairly often in civil- rights cases, it is not an objective. it should be an objective standard as opposed to subject it. how would you like to see it? >> i think that, first of all, i think that certain situations would give us an opportunity like what happened in florida to provide some definition to what is reasonable. what is on reasonable as when a person like trayvon martin is walking through a neighborhood and is pursued by george zimmerman. we know or at least we believe that is entirely on risible, and yet, and the situation in florida, the "reasonable stanrd" could apply. what i think needs to happen is there needs to be some of proper parameters put arouand the language, some definition given to what situations ought to be quantified und these "stand your ground" laws. in a nutshell. i want to relate back to a point mr. monroe raised. the notion that we are in some way challenging all common law if flatly ridiculous. we are talking about a specific set of circumstances, a specific public policy. and how it le
without taking sides, under the reasonable standard, which is used fairly often in civil- rights cases, it is not an objective. it should be an objective standard as opposed to subject it. how would you like to see it? >> i think that, first of all, i think that certain situations would give us an opportunity like what happened in florida to provide some definition to what is reasonable. what is on reasonable as when a person like trayvon martin is walking through a neighborhood and is...
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[cheers and applause] marriage equality is a constitutionally guaranteed right on par with civil rights of the 1960's. let's end the drug wars. legalize marijuana now. [applause] let's repeal the patriot act. [cheers and applause] i would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you and i as u.s. citizens to be arrested and detained without being charged. that's the reason we fought wars in this country. [cheers and applause] i promise to submit a balanced budget to congress in the year 2013. that is a 1.4 trillion reduction in federal spending. if we don't do this now, we are going to find ourselves in a monetary collapse and a monetary collapse very simply is when the dollars we have in our pockets don't buy a thing because of the acome anying inflation -- because of the accompanying inflation that goes along with every dollar we spend. i'm the only candidate that wants to eliminate income tax, eliminate corporate tax, abolish the i.r.s. and replace all of that with one federal consumption tax, the fair tax. i think it is the answer to our exports, it is t
[cheers and applause] marriage equality is a constitutionally guaranteed right on par with civil rights of the 1960's. let's end the drug wars. legalize marijuana now. [applause] let's repeal the patriot act. [cheers and applause] i would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you and i as u.s. citizens to be arrested and detained without being charged. that's the reason we fought wars in this country. [cheers and applause] i promise to submit a balanced budget to...
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we were having protests from southerners who were unhappy about the civil rights. we had people who were unhappy about the war. i told chuck, you took the easy way out. you went to vietnam in 1968. when you think about what happened in 1968, all of you if you were born then, it was a year from hell. we have the north koreans sure one of our ships. we had washington burning. it was just awful. but lucinda was born. something good about the year. >> susan, on a different scale, your father has been vindicated in history for pardoning richard nixon. at the time, there was a lot of popular blowback. it went below 50%. what was your perspective at that time? did you encounter people who would mentor their displeasure question mark --their displeasure? >> i did. you could hear the demonstrators from 1600 pennsylvania avenue, which is the north side of the white house. these demonstrators were more about the pardon and that kind of thing. people would come up to you. here is another example -- you have two women trying to assassinate my father and my mother trying to get
we were having protests from southerners who were unhappy about the civil rights. we had people who were unhappy about the war. i told chuck, you took the easy way out. you went to vietnam in 1968. when you think about what happened in 1968, all of you if you were born then, it was a year from hell. we have the north koreans sure one of our ships. we had washington burning. it was just awful. but lucinda was born. something good about the year. >> susan, on a different scale, your father...
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maybe you care about civil rights. maybe that is your thing. the have taken in shown you a survey of individuals who were roughly 17 in 1979 and follow them every year. i have their eighth great test scores in 1979. i can show you here that the big difference in the probability of incarceration, there is a big difference in income. there is a big difference in unemployment. there is a big difference in health. you all knew that. here is what you might not have known. if you just come for a free test scores -- account for a great test scores did you say let's compare it to 40 year-old to in a great have the same achievement on test scores, and then look at the difference, the almost 200 percent difference goes down to 38%. then 28% wages and difference goes down to less than 1%. 190% difference in unemployment goes down to 90%. the health gap decreases as well. whether you like economic growth, civil-rights the education issues we have an america are important right now. it is not about leading. it is about right now. -- it is not about waiting.
maybe you care about civil rights. maybe that is your thing. the have taken in shown you a survey of individuals who were roughly 17 in 1979 and follow them every year. i have their eighth great test scores in 1979. i can show you here that the big difference in the probability of incarceration, there is a big difference in income. there is a big difference in unemployment. there is a big difference in health. you all knew that. here is what you might not have known. if you just come for a free...
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., the civil rights movement, online at the c-span library. what you want, when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david cole, from the georgia and university school of law. guest: thank you for having me. host: january 11, 2012, guantanamo bay was opened. why was the facility located in cuba? of what was the original goal? guest: there were two reasons to but the detainee is there. one, it is a safe and relatively easy to secure place. it is far away from anything, it is an island that we have control basically for forever. the second reason is less noble, which is that the bush administration felt that no law would apply, if we put people there. that they could argue that the detainees were not entitled to u.s. law or laws allow -- of yore. host: not just the cost per prisoner, it is about $19,000 for prisoner in the state of florida. at the colorado super max, with 171 prisoners in guantanamo bay. the cost is up to $800,000. >> that is per prisoner, whereas the typical cost is about $25,000 for year. it is
., the civil rights movement, online at the c-span library. what you want, when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome david cole, from the georgia and university school of law. guest: thank you for having me. host: january 11, 2012, guantanamo bay was opened. why was the facility located in cuba? of what was the original goal? guest: there were two reasons to but the detainee is there. one, it is a safe and relatively easy to secure place. it is...
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host: how to talk to young people, since you were alive during the civil rights struggle -- how do you talk to young people about getting out to vote? do you encourage family members? caller: all my family members vote. you cannot be in my famil andy -- in my family without voting. what i do with young people as i go back to the days of civil rights and even back before then and try to get young african-american men mostly to see how they can make a difference in this country by voting. most of them are afraid to go to the polls because they here that if they had a felony on the record, they will be arrested if they goes to vote. people are spreading this around. i have to tell them, no, you are not going to go to jail if you go to vote. host: let's take a look at the profile "usa today" creates. "only 1/3 call their household finance is good or excellent. close to half say their annual household income is less than $60,000 a year. nearly six in 10 have no more than a high-school diploma." here is something coming in to us by e-mail. next up is john in washington state, unlikely voters
host: how to talk to young people, since you were alive during the civil rights struggle -- how do you talk to young people about getting out to vote? do you encourage family members? caller: all my family members vote. you cannot be in my famil andy -- in my family without voting. what i do with young people as i go back to the days of civil rights and even back before then and try to get young african-american men mostly to see how they can make a difference in this country by voting. most of...
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right of every american. [applause] >> we have always had a tradition -- a terrific tradition of bringing great communicators to the party every year. we have had occurred just -- christopher hichens, fred moore. i appreciate having steve moore who i swear has never touched a gun in his life. as he was shooting somebody said it "he says he works for the wall street journal, but it looks like he works for the new york times." the media is changing. the way we get our information is changing. online publications are more and more important and valued it. there is one little site that has the people at huffington opposed looking over their shoulder every day and that is the daily caller. it is one of the best portals for news in the country. one of our longtime friends there, the editor of the daily collor has been a great friend of ours and freedom and a real enemy of nanny is some as long as i can remember him. let me introduce david martosko. [applause] >> i guess some of you read "the daily collar." actually
right of every american. [applause] >> we have always had a tradition -- a terrific tradition of bringing great communicators to the party every year. we have had occurred just -- christopher hichens, fred moore. i appreciate having steve moore who i swear has never touched a gun in his life. as he was shooting somebody said it "he says he works for the wall street journal, but it looks like he works for the new york times." the media is changing. the way we get our information...
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our most important civil-rights is voting. it is what everything else relies on. this is not a casual thing. even if it does not turn an election. in a state that is solidly blue or solidly red -- whether or not it changes the outcome. as with the nfl refs, it did get settled very quickly after everybody on national television saw a game go the wrong way, and, tragically, it may take something like that for voter i.d. and voter suppression to get the attention it deserves. >> michael onesteel joined in. -- michael wants to join in. >> i have no idea what the right percentage should be, but it is under 1%. another topic that is way down that we believe should be more of the coverage is money in politics, the fund raising. it is just a sliver of the percentage. one of the things we are trying to do with our project is to bring awareness to these types of issues from a data perspective, so it is not just anecdotal. i think we all know about it, but is it being given enough percentage of coverage is i think a legitimate question. >> or what i think i notice, maybe eve
our most important civil-rights is voting. it is what everything else relies on. this is not a casual thing. even if it does not turn an election. in a state that is solidly blue or solidly red -- whether or not it changes the outcome. as with the nfl refs, it did get settled very quickly after everybody on national television saw a game go the wrong way, and, tragically, it may take something like that for voter i.d. and voter suppression to get the attention it deserves. >> michael...
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you have been involved in a number of different high-profile civil-rights issues in the metropolitan area over the course of many years. the first time i met rabin hutchins, he was marching on my office as u.s. attorney. he was entirely civil about the whole matter and we ended up striking out a french ship. you have been very active endive with like to ask you what prompted you to file a lawsuit? >> first of all, any time i am blessed to be in the company of richard deane, it is an honor. i want to express appreciation to sarah and matt for putting together these -- this conversation. let's give these organizations and hand for bringing us together. [applause] the thing that strikes me most in this hour is we are seeing are around the nation such an increase in high-profile violence and crime, whether it is 20 something kids killed. we are seemingly moving into a place as a nation where we are just obsessed with violence and guns and one of the reason why we feel so strongly about these stand your ground laws is we are moving closer to a wild, wild west mentality where we are have a
you have been involved in a number of different high-profile civil-rights issues in the metropolitan area over the course of many years. the first time i met rabin hutchins, he was marching on my office as u.s. attorney. he was entirely civil about the whole matter and we ended up striking out a french ship. you have been very active endive with like to ask you what prompted you to file a lawsuit? >> first of all, any time i am blessed to be in the company of richard deane, it is an...
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civil-rights remedies from the '60s and the question is, is it still needed today? part of the voting rights act in 1965 outlawed racial discrimination in voting but it also put most of the south under a sort of federal scrutiny, which basically said if you are a small county in alabama or a city and you want to exchange your election laws or voting laws, you have to basically get it cleared ahead of time in washington and send some sort of form to the justice department to explain what you are going to do or you could go to a federal court. the theory was for 100 years, even though racial discrimination had been outlawed by the 15th amendment, a lot of cities and towns that control the voter rolls had various schemes that prevented blacks from registering to vote, so the federal government -- this is an unusual lot to say we are going to put the whole part of the country under special scrutiny of the federal courts -- that law still exists. the dissected by the voting rights act. it still is the case, if texas wants to change its congressional districts or have a n
civil-rights remedies from the '60s and the question is, is it still needed today? part of the voting rights act in 1965 outlawed racial discrimination in voting but it also put most of the south under a sort of federal scrutiny, which basically said if you are a small county in alabama or a city and you want to exchange your election laws or voting laws, you have to basically get it cleared ahead of time in washington and send some sort of form to the justice department to explain what you are...
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civil rights struggle of our time. both of these legislators are also interestingly enough but in my mind, principled individuals. children of the new deal. who believed that government plays a positive role in the lives of the american family. not because government draws a conclusion on where we end up, necessarily, in life but they both believe fervently in the idea that government ensured that everybody could get to the starting line for the race. now in the case of john olver, ray lahood said to me one night at dinner, and he's been a fast friend, for those of us interested in transportation in western massachusetts and indeed central massachusetts, ray lahood said to me, you know, john olver is one smart guy. and he said, the meetings in his office can go on for a long time. but he said, i've got to tell you, he really understands transportation theory. and he understands transportation implementation. couple of great things we were able to participate in because in western massachusetts we always use the argumen
civil rights struggle of our time. both of these legislators are also interestingly enough but in my mind, principled individuals. children of the new deal. who believed that government plays a positive role in the lives of the american family. not because government draws a conclusion on where we end up, necessarily, in life but they both believe fervently in the idea that government ensured that everybody could get to the starting line for the race. now in the case of john olver, ray lahood...
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the implications are profound for expanding civil society, for human rights, for addressing the needs of ordinary citizens, for building a greater economic certainty. rule of law is an essential pillar of our democracy. for china, rule of law is the best way of regulating and settling disputes in society. serving as a check against the abuse of power. the real question for china over the next few years will be, what reigns supreme for the world's second largest economy -- the party or the law? despite setbacks in recent years, wen jiabao said, rule of law will be one of three components of any future democracy along with dignity, justice, and independence as guarantees in any reform efforts. number 2, we have gone from the dais where jerry cohen was the only lawyer -- the days where jerry cohen was the only lawyer in china to 17,000 law firms. as away from -- as he weifang, there used to be only certain judges that held a bachelor's degree. too often china's justice system falls short of the laws on the books, both in practice and spirit. corruption is widespread. collusion among poli
the implications are profound for expanding civil society, for human rights, for addressing the needs of ordinary citizens, for building a greater economic certainty. rule of law is an essential pillar of our democracy. for china, rule of law is the best way of regulating and settling disputes in society. serving as a check against the abuse of power. the real question for china over the next few years will be, what reigns supreme for the world's second largest economy -- the party or the law?...
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would you consider repealing the affirmative action bill and the civil rights bill? from what i am seeing right now, it seems like there's a backlash against the white community like obama has a war against white heritage or something. i mean, i don't understand it. host: gary johnson? guest: we should not discriminate. i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really do not see that discrimination. i am going to sign onto legislation repealing affirmative action. i think we have moved beyond that. but i will just offer up a production again. -- a prediction again. obama, romney, who will find ourselves with a heightened police state. we will find ourselves with interventions. if we bomb iran, will find ourselves with 100 military enemies -- 100 million enemies that we did not otherwise have. -- the day sooner than later. are arguing over who should spend more money on medicare and when we should have the debate on an cutting into significantly into the program if we will have health care at all for those over 65. the notion of a healt
would you consider repealing the affirmative action bill and the civil rights bill? from what i am seeing right now, it seems like there's a backlash against the white community like obama has a war against white heritage or something. i mean, i don't understand it. host: gary johnson? guest: we should not discriminate. i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really do not see that discrimination. i am going to sign onto legislation repealing affirmative...
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. >> i think they really need to look at civil rights laws and be able to intervene more aggressively with mental health professionals when people show a consistent pattern of mental illness. i think you can travel through any city in america and see massive amounts of people who are not capable of taking care of themselves. as a society, we are not humanitarian when we leave them to defend themselves. >host: this argument is not new. it is highlighted in the extensive report in "the washington post." the chair of the senate judiciary committee, joe biden, we will hear from him. the witness testifies and next to him is sarah brady whose husband was shot during the reagan assassination attempt back in 1981, jim brady. still law was named after him. let's take you back to that hearing -- [video clip] >> life is completely shattered. my daughter's life is completely shattered. i don't know how many of you have taken a trip to the coroner's office to look at the most important person in your life with five bullets in their body. let me tell you, when they lie there lifeless, is pretty pai
. >> i think they really need to look at civil rights laws and be able to intervene more aggressively with mental health professionals when people show a consistent pattern of mental illness. i think you can travel through any city in america and see massive amounts of people who are not capable of taking care of themselves. as a society, we are not humanitarian when we leave them to defend themselves. >host: this argument is not new. it is highlighted in the extensive report in...
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would you consider repealing the affirmative action bill and the civil rights bill? from what i am seeing right now, it seems like there's a backlash against the white community like obama has a war against white heritage or something. i don't understand it. host: we should not discriminate. i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really do not see that discrimination. i am going to sign onto legislation repealing affirmative action. i think we have moved beyond that. but i will just offer up a production again. obama, romney, who will find ourselves with a heightened police state. we will find ourselves with continued military interventions. if we bomb iran, will find ourselves with 100 military enemies -- 100 million enemies that we did not otherwise have. and this unsustainable debt, the data center rather than later. -- the day sooner than later. and we all recognize it, but we are arguing over who should spend more money on medicare and when we should have the debate on an cutting into significantly into the program if we will h
would you consider repealing the affirmative action bill and the civil rights bill? from what i am seeing right now, it seems like there's a backlash against the white community like obama has a war against white heritage or something. i don't understand it. host: we should not discriminate. i think government policies in the past have gotten us to a point where i really do not see that discrimination. i am going to sign onto legislation repealing affirmative action. i think we have moved...
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wade to issues relating to civil rights and civil liberties. and so that -- that -- that was one of the intellectual changes that took place in my career as i got a close look at it. and that's why i was the first chairman of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what your judicial philosophy is. the american people have a right to understand it and to know it. but i did change on that, and -- and i'm glad i did. >> governor? >> there have been times where, as mayor and governor, we have passed budgets that i did not veto and that i think could be considered as something that i quasi-caved in, if you will, but knowing that it was the right thing to do in order to progress the agenda for that year and to work with the legislative body, that body that actually holds the purse strings. so there were times when i wanted to zero-base budget, and to cut taxes even more, and i didn't have enough support in order to accomplish that. but on the major principle things, no, there hasn't been something that i've had to compromise on
wade to issues relating to civil rights and civil liberties. and so that -- that -- that was one of the intellectual changes that took place in my career as i got a close look at it. and that's why i was the first chairman of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what your judicial philosophy is. the american people have a right to understand it and to know it. but i did change on that, and -- and i'm glad i did. >> governor? >> there have been times where,...
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any nation that justifies a homosexuality as a civil right order acceptable lifestyle is in the final stages of moral corruption. and i believe if any nation that shuns the bible or moves away from the preset that was the building blocks of this nation, is ultimately going to corrupt. host: what you trust governor romney more than president obama? caller: for example, same-sex marriage. that was huge for me. originally i voted for obama the first term. that issue right there to try to change holy matrimony as the sanctity between a man and a woman, it directly violates and train crosses the law of god. and to me it is extremely dangerous. ultimately, we are playing got ourselves. host: same-sex marriage for you. others have brought up national security. here is the "washington post." by greg miller. united states set to keep kill lists for years. -- including sealed indictments and a clandestine operations. this is the database is designed to go beyond existing kill louis, mapping plans for the disposition of suspects beyond the reach of the drums. that is the front page story in the
any nation that justifies a homosexuality as a civil right order acceptable lifestyle is in the final stages of moral corruption. and i believe if any nation that shuns the bible or moves away from the preset that was the building blocks of this nation, is ultimately going to corrupt. host: what you trust governor romney more than president obama? caller: for example, same-sex marriage. that was huge for me. originally i voted for obama the first term. that issue right there to try to change...
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marched for civil rights on the streets of detroit, although he did those things, too. more than these acts, he was the kind of man he was and the way he dealt with every person black or white. he was a man of the fairest instincts and a man of faith to do every person was a child of god. [applause] i am grateful to him for so many things. above all, for the knowledge of god whose ways are not always our ways, but his justice is certain and his mercy in doris forever. -- endures forever. [applause] every good cause on this earth relies on a plan bigger than ours. without dependence on god, dr. king that said, our efforts turned to ashes and our sun rises in the dark night. unless his spirit pervades our lives we find only cures that do not cure, blessings that do not less, and solutions that do not solve. of all that you bring to the work of today's civil rights cause, no advantage accounts for more than the abiding confidence in the name above every name. against cruelty, arrogance, and all the foolishness of man, this spirit has carried the naacp to many victories. or
marched for civil rights on the streets of detroit, although he did those things, too. more than these acts, he was the kind of man he was and the way he dealt with every person black or white. he was a man of the fairest instincts and a man of faith to do every person was a child of god. [applause] i am grateful to him for so many things. above all, for the knowledge of god whose ways are not always our ways, but his justice is certain and his mercy in doris forever. -- endures forever....
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the civil rights movement is in the balance. >> eric holder gave the keynote address at the inaugural faith leader summit on voting rights. watch his address online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: guest is allan coukell of pew health groups. welcome. this week, work in the house when it deals with the fda and how drugs are inspected and how the drug safety is maintained. give us a sense of what happened? guest: this is a big bill that congress takes up every five years. it is the bill in which the drug industry pays user fees to support review of new drugs and devices before they come to market. they have done some new things. one of them is looking at how our drugs get to us. now, a lot of them originated overseas. the fda has not recently been able to do overseas inspections, which has created a safety risk. the legislation contains new provisions to address the safety risks and look at manufacturing, the way it is today. host: what you mean by a lot of it coming overseas? guest: 80% of the active ingredient in our prescription drugs originate o
the civil rights movement is in the balance. >> eric holder gave the keynote address at the inaugural faith leader summit on voting rights. watch his address online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: guest is allan coukell of pew health groups. welcome. this week, work in the house when it deals with the fda and how drugs are inspected and how the drug safety is maintained. give us a sense of what happened? guest: this is a big bill that...
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, former law clerk on the eighth circuit and attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant -- tennant. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here. i must say that as a secretary-elect i was here four years ago and honored to be back again and have the opportunity, and we are talking about insuring integrity and ballot access and voter access at the same time. what i was asked p to talk about what west virginia does and how we have our voter i.d. laws. and, yes, west virginia does have identification laws and many of them follow what many other states follow, especially when it comes to the help america vote act, and the requirements. i'll just give you a brief what it takes. the help america vote act, since we had our discussions today, this is a very bad thing from what i'm understanding. i am trying to get rid of this in west virginia. this is your mail-in voter registration yes, west virginia have identification laws and many of them follow what many other state
, former law clerk on the eighth circuit and attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant -- tennant. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here. i must say that as a secretary-elect i was here four years ago and honored to be back again and have the opportunity, and we are talking about insuring integrity and ballot access and voter access at the same time. what i...
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rights. we believe the party that faced communism in the sternest of ways will be dealt with. our generation may not have that as the ultimate litmus test. then they concentrate on domestic issues than older generations. i believe the younger generation is pretty conservative as well. they do not seem to be voting much differently than the elders did, although perhaps for different reasons and with different priorities. host: al cardenas, thank you so much for joining us this morning from miami. guest: my pleasure. good to be with you. host: up next we'll speak with janet murguia from la raza. >> 8:30. michele obama joins the labor secretary to announce a plan to help military families. the plant operates the family and medical leave act that lets her family members take up to 12 weeks of leave -- the plan updates. questions remain about u.s. test iraqi security ties in the canre and whether a riraq defend themselves. a top aide to leon panetta says the administration expects to begin talks o
rights. we believe the party that faced communism in the sternest of ways will be dealt with. our generation may not have that as the ultimate litmus test. then they concentrate on domestic issues than older generations. i believe the younger generation is pretty conservative as well. they do not seem to be voting much differently than the elders did, although perhaps for different reasons and with different priorities. host: al cardenas, thank you so much for joining us this morning from...